Dewey's democracy as the kingdom of God on earth Webster, R. Scott 2009, Dewey's democracy as the kingdom of God on earth, Journal of philosophy of education, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 615-632, doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9752.2009.00708.x. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Dewey's democracy as the kingdom of God on earth Author(s) Webster, R. Scott orcid.org/0000-0002-5253-4894 Journal name Journal of philosophy of education Volume number 43 Issue number 4 Start page 615 End page 632 Total pages 18 Publisher Wiley Place of publication London, England Publication date 2009-11 ISSN 0309-8249 Summary John Dewey has been portrayed as a sort of villain in Rosenow's (1997) article which appeared in this journal, apparently because he was unfairly opposed to God and to religion, and also because he deliberately usurped religious language to ‘camouflage’ his secular ideas. By drawing mainly upon similar sources but with some important additions, I wish to challenge the four major concerns raised in Rosenow's article and in doing so aim to offer an alternative interpretation. It is understood here that Dewey's approach to religion was not so much religious as it was ‘spiritual’ and while developing and changing throughout his writings, his ideas on spirituality nevertheless were thoroughly entwined with his other views, especially those dealing with education, science and democracy. Language eng DOI 10.1111/j.1467-9752.2009.00708.x Field of Research 139999 Education not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970113 Expanding Knowledge in Education HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2009, The Author Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30033923 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Education Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 15 Apr 2011, 15:36:38 EST Fri, 03 Jun 2011, 09:50:12 EST Fri, 03 Jun 2011, 09:51:34 EST Fri, 09 Mar 2012, 08:18:40 EST Thu, 11 Dec 2014, 17:01:24 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 1 times in TR Web of Science Cited 1 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 654 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 15 Apr 2011, 15:36:38 EST